Irish Land A River of Change Grips Great Bribes Farms
A historical essay traces Ireland s land shift from tenant farming to grazing under Cromwell and later land acts. It details landlords selling profitable estates to cattlemen, mass tenant displacement, and the rise of state aided buyouts as farmers face bogs floods and ruinous soil. The piece highlights peril from bog slides and a century of upheaval for rural dwellers.
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Ireland
Oller Cromwell
Cromwell
Run
Oliver
Romrwell
Eas
Poole
Ethel Roosevelt to Debut With White House Season
Plans for Miss Ethel Roosevelt include a debut ball at the White House next January and a series of dinners and dances to follow. She is expected to lead a gayer Washington season, joining the most exclusive circles of New York, Philadelphia and Boston society.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Washington
Sagamore Hil
Executive Mansion
Nellie Grant
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Washmeton
White House
Miss Alice
Miss Ethel
Ethel
National Cathedral School
Duta
Wade
Roosevelt
Misa Allee
New York
Moston
Philadelphia
Longworth
Mra
Mina
Willie's heartbreaking note and plea for Timmy
A Bronx neighbor recalls a May day when a shy Willie visits the doorstep seeking help for his sick friend Timmy. The boy asks to share a simple drink and expresses sorrow, saying he hopes Timmy will not die. The mother forgives him with a kiss, touched by the show of care.
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New York Tribune
Bronx
Willie
Sin
Hvnews
Timmy
Amperi Medical Association seeks political control, critic says
A critical view describes the American Medical Association as pursuing legislation to block patent medicines and restrict practice to recognized schools, aiming to dominate medical policy nationwide. It notes the committee’s push for physician candidates and a growing enforced influence, with assets and membership figures cited to argue for looming control and higher doctor fees.
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Amperican Medical Association
American Medical Association
Congress
United States
Chicago
Patron Saint of Lawyers in Taunton Oar Tale
A Taunton Massachusetts oar club saga humorously chronicles selecting a patron saint. Lawyer Francia H. T. Maxwell visits a New York gallery with a committee, finalizing the choice by pointing to a devil under Michael. A child asks to arbitrate as dust and pantaloons erupt from a swinging shingle.
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Francia H. T. Maxwell
Taunton
Mass
Maxwell
Devil
St. Michael
Board of Arbitration
Places of Interest Neglected in New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History rank as top sites for instruction in New York but thousands of residents have never visited them. Most daily visitors are strangers to the city.
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New York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Fewer Runaway Horses Reported in New York
New York, described as hitching postless, records only a small number of runaway horses compared with cities of similar population. The city’s runoff issues appear minor, with incidents far below average for its size.
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New York
Engagement of Famous General's Grandson to Secretary's Daughter
Washington society notes announce the betrothal of Lieut. Ube Groot, nephew of Mrs. Peter Palmer, to Miss Edith Root, daughter of the secretary of state. Groot, a military man with West Point training and service in the Philippines, is connected to the Grant and Palmer families and expected to wed in the fall. Also a note on an artificial aigrette promising fashion interest and wildlife ethics regarding real feather harvesting.
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Washington
Ube
Groot
Peter Patii
Chicago
Edith Root
Wiehter
Root
New York
McKinleys
Sledon
Creunt
White House
Fistfaceh Lows
Philp Sheridan
Frederick Dent
United States
Porto Rico
West Point
Philippines
Washington Barracks
New Carnegie Peace Palace at The Hague
The Hague peace palace will rise in a northern French chateau style with a grand hall of arbitration. Andrew Carnegie funded much of it, while Laula Marie Cordonnier designed it and the Dutch legislature approved parts of the project. The center will house justice halls, a library, a grand vestibule, and ornate interior decorations.
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The
Hague
the Hague
Laula Marie Cordonnier
Uult
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Holland
Prima Donna Is Real Trilby In Dive of Sister Bond
New York reports say Mesale Abbott, a Conried prima donna, is a real Trilby figure with her twin Jessie always in the audience. Abbott admits anger rumors and says Jessie cannot marry or desert her while she remains on stage. Jessie’s engagement to James G Blaine is denied by Abbott and her mother.
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New York
Jessie
Mesale Abbott
Herr Conried
Miss Abbott
Jewle
James G. Blainell
Mr. Dlaine
Japanese myths of creatures and marvels told as fact
A historical article describes Japanese belief in mythical beings including a tiger that becomes white at a thousand years, giant serpents 800 feet long, multi headed fishes, four-eared monkeys, legged foxes, and a crane that sustains itself after 600 years with water alone.
Man a Lin Remedy Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts MAN-A-LIN as an excellent remedy for constipation. It claims many ailments stem from constipation and that MAN-A-LIN provides gentle bowel action, reducing the need for pills or drastic cathartics.
Bobbin Boys' Wages and Strike Anecdotes Tell Tales
The piece recalls John J. Lennon of the AFL describing a bobbin boy wage strike with a vivid quip about wages of bobbin bows. It includes humorous exchanges about nature scenes and a plan to attend a town hall lecture titled the Dark Side of Married Life with a staged illustration proposal.
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John J. Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Lennon
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